Alexander russell bond



Dec. 17, 1929. L. BAUM 1,740,060

INTERCHANGEABLE JEWEL MOUNTING Filed July 12. 1927 INVENTOR Leo Banu m Patented Bec. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEO BAUM, OF WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; ALEXANDER RUSSELL BOND EXECUTOR OF SAID LEOI BAUM, vDECEASED INTERCHANGEABLE JEWEL MOUNTING Application filed July 12, 1927. Serial No. 205,175.

The present invention relates to jewelry and particularly to an interchangeable jewel mounting whereby different stones or ornaments can readily be applied to a piece of jewelry and interchanged whenever desired.

An object of my invention is to provide a mounting in which a jewel may be securely held without damage to the jewel and without the use of screws, pins or other fastening devices penetrating the surface of the jewel itself.

Another Object of my invention is to provide a mounting in which a jewel is held by relatively movable interengaging parts which may easily be separated to release the jewel. My invention will be found particularly useful in the mounting of transparent or semi-transparent stones for the reason that no fastening means will show through the stone to marits appearance.

The present invention is an improvement on the construction shown in my co-pending application, Serial No. 65,082, filed October 22, 1925, and also on the construction shown inl my co-pending application Serial No. 168.863, filed February 17, 1927. j

My improved in ter-changeable jewel mounting is well adapted for use in mounting stones or ornaments on rings and it is particularly adapted for rings provided with a concealed compartment and known as locket rings.- f

A specific obj ect of my invention is to provide an improved jewel. mounting for the lid or cover of a loclret but obviously the` mountcould be .used not only on a loclzet ring, but also on other forms of lockets.

`With these androther objects in view I shall now describea preferred embodiment of my invention with the understanding that this particular embodimentis to be taken merely as an illustration of my invention and not as a limitation thereof. f

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a locket ring embodying my improved interchangeable jewel mounting; f

Fig. 2 is a view in section takenon the line 2--2 of Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a view in section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. t is a plan view partly broken away, showing various parts of the mounting separated or disassembled.

I have shown in the drawings a ring 10 provided with an enlarged head'11 of rectangular form and having a recess 12 in the upper face thereof. The recessed head constitutes the body of a loclret.V The loclet is provided with a lid 13 which has sliding engagement with the head 12. In other words the lid is formed atopposite edges thereof with rabbets 111 which engage grooves 15 formed in the upper edges of the side walls of the locket body.

To secure the lid 13 in closed position on the loclret body 11 I provide a latch consisting of a spring 16 which near one end is fastened to the underface of the lid by means of a screw 17. The end of the spring adjacent the screw is bent upward and enters ya notch in the lid as shown 'at-18m Fig. 2 so as to prevent the spring 16 from swinging laterally 0n the screw 17. The opposite or free end of the spring 16 bears a depending lug 19. When the lid is `in closed position the free end of the spring passes through a groove 20 in an end wall of the head 11, and the lug 19 enters a socket 21 formed in the bottom of the groove. At the eXtreme outer end of the spring 16 there is a small plate 22 which is adapted to slide in a notch 23 formed in the end wallof the head 11. The arrangement is such that the plate 22 normally lies flush with the outer face ofthe end wall of the head 11 but at the same timeit provides means for flexing the spring upward so as to release the lug 19 from the socket 20, permitting the lid 13 to be slid Outward to open the locket. The lid 13 has a flat upper face formed at opposite side edges with upstanding lips 25 which are undercut so as to engage the side edges of a plate 26. TheV side edges of the latter plate are beveled to fit the undercut lips 25 and to provide sliding yengagement of the plate 26 with respect to the lid 13. T he lips 25 project above the upper face of the plate 26 for a jurposewhich will be explained presently. -he plate 26 is also providedwith a fiat upper surface and is formed at each 'end with upstandinglips 27 which are undercut to rerceive the bevelled end edges 28 of a jewel 29.

In assembling lthe Various parts the jewel 29 is first slid laterally into position on the plate 26,y being held Yagair'ist'fnfdwise .lj-'movement by the' lips l27. A Notonlyis 'the' jewel bevelled at each end but it isalso bevelled'at" each: side sof IVthat@,twvllw be@` engaged bythe lips 25 when the plata-26:1With'thefjewel fis Y slid'into position in the lid 13. Thus the i at each side by the lips 25, and this mounting provides means for "securing the 'jewel withoutany `fastening devices: enetrating Ache surface of 'the jewelitsef-1 henevefv 1t is desired to removel the jewel'29'adfreplaee c be; partly unserem@tosvitifdmv"ipsjpfrpjectf fever'T comprising?` a pair" offmembersirelatively slid-v j bers 'for' engagingoppositeedges of j ewel,

lapjuiig intermediair A edgesfithef jewel, 'and means for lo'cliingxoiefs'aid members 'tolthe other.

Hntrehageaele jewel moaning comprising; a' plate' rfnied"withfirfdeict lips at oppoeltefends there@ to. sf-Hdatiy engag edges 'of the plate arid' of the jewel.

lbleilin af direc the" members-line 4. An interchangeable jewel mounting comprising a. plate formed ywith undercut lips at opposite ends thereof to slidably-engage opposite end edges of a jewel,a base member formed with undercutlips at opposite s'i'des'ftheref to sl-idably engage-opposite side edges of the plate and of the jewel, and means `on"the` 'base for locking the plate against wendingzmovementlitheren.,

' 'ndnw interchangeable jewel mounting comprising a plate formed with undercut lips fat-oppositeendsifhreof to slidably engage opposite endv edges ofa jewel, a base member *formdwith"undercut lips at opposite sides Vthereofto slidahly engage opposite4 side edges fthe plate add fthe jiiwerthe; plate being formed' iiith sotlet, and a screwL threaded tliri'igh thebasend into seiidocket.4 Y Y .v Gfrin interchangeable {jewel r`"in'cuifiti'n'g comprising body *and eitje-"wel platejthe meer being formed'withjeveiengagingparte to permit et 'sliding aljewel 'in onefdfiree'tin y thereon, 'fthe body hailing undercut Vlips'or engaging the'plate aiidfthe jewel and jg'ein'it-` ting tthe`- plate and' jewel to slidel ini a' 'trans' verse'directii-nion the'bedy.V

.7. An interchangeable ,jewel "mounting emprisjinigj a, "pair ofmembers'rlatvely slilmembers; means 'on'f'one t said 'members' for @ng-aging the IOpposite "edges "f-ftilejewet meansonflthetherif:said niembjersffor irlapp'ing' Ainterined'i"ateedges fthe'.V jewel.

8. ln Y'interchangeable ,.jewelfmounting comprising apai'r''f men'ibe'rsrelatiyelyfslidable 'inria direction, paralleli-,tingepland of fr ,engaging the oppositeedgesof thewjewel, means on the otheref saidinmbers for ov'erf `means for locking-ne`=`of saidmembers to the other. f, j l j s v Anf fintrchang'eable jewel mounting oo'inpifisliig-a pair' ofinem-bers 'relatively slid-v b e ina direction parallel tothe plane ilthe removably engaging 1 opposite :edges 0f"'jthe jewelyad means Online other( of' 'salid berslifo-r overlapping intermediate"edgeslo 1 j,

' f j l ".115 910. Aininterchangeable *jewel mounting Y overlapping'fintermedateedges of thefj e'wel,

and means for locking one'fe-"said-='membersl to the other. ,s

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